Burlap Beach Collection

I'm back today sharing another simple layout using We Are 3's Burlap Beach digital paper collection.  I love the soft colors.  This collection can be used for most anything!  Jump over to We Are 3 and check out this wonderful collection.

A Fond TKO Salute

Challenges at Grand Diva's Creative Corner and Rochelle's January Inspiration Challenge seriously wows me! The sketch from Grand Diva and colors from Rochelle's photo inspiration - all of it perfect for my wedding album. Take a look at my entry for these challenges.

Rochelle Spears Photo Inspiration
Used first two colors (green and lavender)

Grand Diva's Creative Challenge - Sketch

Challenges

• Grand Diva's January Rewind Challenge - Sketch
• Rochelle's Scrappy Friends Challenge - Photo Inspiration

January Sketches in Thyme Challenge #258

This is the final page of my first personal scrapbook.  The book is just the beginning of my memories of train excursions I've taken...with this first page commemorating my hour as a train engineer on the 1225 - the train immortalized in the move The Polar Express.  The layout is based on the Sketch Challenge #258 at Sketches in Thyme.

Scrapbook Challenges

Check out an "extended" layout you can easily achieve by using the Fuse Tool - using Sketch 486 from Scrapbook Challenges (turned sideways). Double - Triple - Quadruple the photos you can get on a layout.   The base layout is here . . .

 Watch this video to see how I added four additional photos AND a video . . . the QR code on the bottom photo can be scanned to show a video of my nephew enjoying a ball pit.

Damien Charm

Scrapbook Generation Scrap Squad put out a great sketch today - so fun!

Here's my take on the sketch.

Gorgeous Ideas with Scrapbook Challenge

Good day!  I hope you are having a wonderful week!  Check out the challenges at Scrapbook Challenges.  This is my entry for Sketch Challenge #469 (turned on its side).

Christmas Layout

It's the day after Christmas, and - of course, I have a layout to share.  My inspiration came from Papercrafters Corner's challenge #127.  I was inspired by the dreamy ornaments in the picture - adding some simple, but glittering ornaments on my layout.  Many people wonder about my choice of colors - but my grandson's entire photo album is red, black, and neutral colors.  My selection of the black diamond-patterned background is inspired by the black starred background in the challenge inspiration.

Get Ready for Another Challenge

Another sketch challenge.  Thank you, Scrapbook Challenges, for always creating inspirational challenges that encourage me in my creative life.

Not all that pleased with my page - though layouts are always enhanced once pictures are added.  Unfortuantely, I don't get to share these great layouts with my grandson's pictures.  In hindsight, I needed to spritz this page - but wasn't in the mood for a mess (which is what that always means to me).

For the journaling, I used lyrics from Tiny Dancer (Tim McGraw).  These lyrics will describe my pictures perfectly, as the pictures I had to work with for this layout were of Damien driving his little Playskool car, having fun in every child's favorite toy - a cardboard box, one of him sleeping in the Playskool car, and one of him wrapped all up in a University of Michigan blanket - sleeping with the dog.  I'm not a journaler - and hate my handwriting - so often rely on song lyrics for my journaling - I smiled when I read these words and how they described Damien's day perfectly.

Scrapbook Challenge - #443

Grab your favorite cardstock to create a bright and cheerful page.  Using sketch #443 from Scrapbook Challenges, this page will capture my grandsons during their first visit together. Click here to join Scrapbook Challenge.